Peyton Manning closing in on his fifth MVP

Summary of 4 articles · Updated Dec 10, 2013

After another huge game on Sunday, Peyton Manning his closing in on the fifth Most Valuable Player award of his career. "I know everyone is saying Manning is a MVP lock, but if you look at it, Russell Wilson is .... " No he's not. It's Peyton Manning. 3. … (more)On the first day of the NFL season, Peyton Manning threw seven touchdowns against the Ravens. Perhaps equally important for Manning’s MVP candidacy is that Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, the player who was beginning to generate some solid MVP buzz as an alternative to Manning, had a mediocre game in Seattle’s loss to San Francisco. Despite his status as perhaps the greatest quarterback in NFL history, Peyton Manning has had to overcome a few negative issues throughout his career. It’s still possible that Manning could fold down the stretch and the Broncos could lose the division race to the Chiefs. He had thrown 12 interceptions in those games to 11 touchdowns, his completion percentage was 59.4 in those games , and his 214.1 yards per game total was quite a bit below his career average of 269.5.

If you think anyone but Peyton Manning should be MVP, you are wrong

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No, Tom Brady is not the NFL's MVP (Peyton Manning is)

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